Pilot and author of the book “How to land a plane” Mark Vanhoenacker told how difficult in fact is to land an airplane at night time informs Express UK. Vanhoenacker explained that most people think that airports are lightened very well and that is truth if talking about airport terminal. But taxi tracks and flight landing strips are illuminated so badly that when landing, especially…
In Los Angeles businessman and artist Matty Mo nicknamed “The greatest artist” made mockup of the cabin of private airplane and opened it for public visits, informs The Sun. Anyone make take picture not only outside the airplane but also may go inside the mockup. Matty Mo says that he created interior that imitates cabin of private aircraft for giving opportunity to ordinary people to…
According to the Boeing message fuel tanks for perspective unmanned vehicle Phantom Express are manufactured by winding strips made of carbon filaments on the tackle. Special robot is responsible for winding. Then carbon structural frame received is lined with polymeric matrix and is polymerized. According to consortium estimations use of carbon composite material for fuel tanks production allowed to reduce their weight almost by 40…
American aircraft corporation Boeing began construction of the first flight unit of perspective space unmanned vehicle Phantom Express that is elaborated in the framework of XSP program by order of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). According to the Boeing message construction of the fuel tank for liquid oxygen has already finished and construction of the tank for liquid hydrogen began construction of which…
A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduates crated unique flying machine Odyssey that is not only powered by solar power but also is able to generate voltage for its’ load – satellite or research equipment. Engineers assure that if needed this machine may fly in the stratosphere all the year. Is it a bird or an airplane? Not quite. Odyssey is new high…
According to engineers’ affirmation on full charge of electrical batteries airplane will be able to spent in the air up to half an hour but in hybrid regime with switched on diesel-generator this time will increase at least up to five hours. During first flight of the updated hybrid DA40 specialists were checking operation of the hybrid engine unit, the airplane’s trim balance, controllability and…
Perspective hybrid two-engine light airplane engineered by Austrian Company Diamond Aircraft on the base of DA40 made first flight. According to the message of the Company tests took place on October 31st 2018 and were declared fully successful. All together first flight of the hybrid airplane in engineering process of which also takes part German Company Siemens lasted about 20 minutes. In the nearest future…
149 passengers had to get off the plane of Ryanair Company in Paris. The Airline Company owed money that European Union considered illegal. Passengers were emplaned on another route that brought them to London five hours later. The incident took place on November 8th in Bordeaux Merignac Airport on the West of France. French authorities have claimed that Airline Company has to return funds that…
Changi airport in Singapore for the thirty first time became the best airport in the world for and was awarded with Business Traveller Awards 2018. Leader among European airports became Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. At the same time London airport Heathrow is considered the best airport for those who like to return TVA amount for tax free shopping abroad. British Airways Airline Company is marked…
Qatar Airways for many times declared the best airline company in the world is still planning to start flights to Tallinn, informs Postimees. From the list of new destinations that was announced in March disappeared Luxembourg but the company still has serious plans for Estonia. On March 7th Qatar Airways on press-conference informed that it is going to open 15 new destinations in 2018 and…